Northern Clay Center Camps and Clay for Youth & Families
Northern Clay Center, 2424 Franklin Avenue East, Minneapolis, MN 55406
About
Northern Clay Center Camps and Clay for Youth & Families offers summer camps, a weekly Teen Boot Camp, and one-day workshops for families focused on working with clay. Participants create cups, figures, and plates, often around themes such as potions, woodland creatures, and gifts. Students make new work Monday through Thursday and spend Friday glazing, with completed projects available for pickup one week after the camp ends and discarded if left more than four weeks after the camp ends.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: Weeklong camps with new camps beginning each Monday throughout the summer; students make new work Monday–Thursday and glaze on Friday
• Price: Up to 50% of tuition for a class or camp may be covered by need-based partial scholarships; lunch supervision from noon to 1 pm costs $30 for children registered for both morning and afternoon camps during the same week; 100% of tuition (less a $25 processing fee) is refunded if a parent or guardian drops or transfers a camp at least 14 days before the first meeting; a $25 processing fee is charged for transfers between camps; purchases made using Shop Pay Installments are non-refundable
Northern Clay Center opened in 1990 and advances the ceramic arts for artists, learners, and the community through education, exhibitions, and artist services. The program offers 49 weeklong camps for ages 6 and up in small, individualized class settings, with each camp led by a teaching artist and, on average, one additional teaching assistant. The building is wheelchair accessible, includes a wheelchair accessible potter’s wheel, and offers signed interpretation for any camp upon request at least three weeks in advance, as well as large-print versions of brochure information upon request. NCC’s facility is not peanut-free.
Caregivers are asked to send kids in clothing and footwear that can get messy, with sneakers and no open-toed shoes. For all camps, kids must bring a reusable bag, such as canvas or nylon roughly the size of a grocery bag, to hold finished projects; for wheel classes, a one-quart bucket and an old towel are suggested but not required. Caregivers must provide lunches and snacks for children in full-day classes, and campers take a short break every day, so caregivers should pack a snack and label the bag with the camper’s name.
Northern Clay Center also offers studio space for clay artists and manages several grant and residency programs. Its two gallery spaces present around 10 annual exhibitions by contemporary ceramic artists from regional, national, and international backgrounds. Community outreach programs ClayToGo and ART@HAND bring expert teaching artists and hands-on clay experiences to schools, libraries, senior centers, and other community sites.
Last updated June 27, 2026.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: Weeklong camps with new camps beginning each Monday throughout the summer; students make new work Monday–Thursday and glaze on Friday
• Price: Up to 50% of tuition for a class or camp may be covered by need-based partial scholarships; lunch supervision from noon to 1 pm costs $30 for children registered for both morning and afternoon camps during the same week; 100% of tuition (less a $25 processing fee) is refunded if a parent or guardian drops or transfers a camp at least 14 days before the first meeting; a $25 processing fee is charged for transfers between camps; purchases made using Shop Pay Installments are non-refundable
Northern Clay Center opened in 1990 and advances the ceramic arts for artists, learners, and the community through education, exhibitions, and artist services. The program offers 49 weeklong camps for ages 6 and up in small, individualized class settings, with each camp led by a teaching artist and, on average, one additional teaching assistant. The building is wheelchair accessible, includes a wheelchair accessible potter’s wheel, and offers signed interpretation for any camp upon request at least three weeks in advance, as well as large-print versions of brochure information upon request. NCC’s facility is not peanut-free.
Caregivers are asked to send kids in clothing and footwear that can get messy, with sneakers and no open-toed shoes. For all camps, kids must bring a reusable bag, such as canvas or nylon roughly the size of a grocery bag, to hold finished projects; for wheel classes, a one-quart bucket and an old towel are suggested but not required. Caregivers must provide lunches and snacks for children in full-day classes, and campers take a short break every day, so caregivers should pack a snack and label the bag with the camper’s name.
Northern Clay Center also offers studio space for clay artists and manages several grant and residency programs. Its two gallery spaces present around 10 annual exhibitions by contemporary ceramic artists from regional, national, and international backgrounds. Community outreach programs ClayToGo and ART@HAND bring expert teaching artists and hands-on clay experiences to schools, libraries, senior centers, and other community sites.
Last updated June 27, 2026.
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